UTEP football has scheduled a pair of matchups against Southland Conference opponents, the program announced on Friday.
The Miners will open the season against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 5 and follow it up with a matchup against Abilene Christian on Sept. 19. Both games will start at 8 p.m. CT at the Sun Bowl.
“With the loss of three opponents on our 2020 schedule, we worked furiously to rebuild a complete, 12-game slate,” said UTEP athletic director Jim Senter.
Both Stephen F. Austin and Abilene Christian committed to scheduling additional nonconference games, even as the Southland Conference decided to move operations to the spring. We wrote about the Southland schools’ quest to build a full schedule in the wake of cancellations.
With the additions, UTEP is up to 11 total games. In addition to the FCS schools, UTEP has a matchup with the Texas Longhorns on Sept. 12 in Austin. The Miners hope that scheduling two FCS teams could lead to the first multi-win season in El Paso since 2016.
UTEP previously postponed the start of fall camp after four players tested positive for COVID-19.
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